LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany-bound Condor Airlines flight from Corfu, Greece, had to be diverted to Italy on August 16 after one of its engines caught fire following takeoff, according to People magazine. While nobody on board the Boeing 757 aircraft was injured, an unverified video of the incident went viral on TikTok. The flight,…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing after an engine appeared to catch fire mid-air, officials said. Flight 1665 took off from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas for Charlotte, North Carolina, at 8.11am local time on Wednesday, according to Flightradar24. But it returned to the Las…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRAGERS)-Passengers have been forced to evacuate a Delta plane after an engine caught fire while on the tarmac at Orlando International Airport in Florida. Video on social media shows smoke and flames rising from the right engine, and passengers exiting the aircraft down inflatable emergency slides. Delta flight 1213 was set to…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A passenger plane caught fire before takeoff at an airport in South Korea late Tuesday, but all 176 people on board were safely evacuated, authorities said. The Airbus plane operated by South Korean airline Air Busan was preparing to leave for Hong Kong when its rear parts caught fire at Gimhae International…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Around 300 passengers onboard a Boeing 787 had a narrow escape at the Melbourne Airport in Australia after the landing gear of Etihad flight EY461 caught fire while taking off. According to the reports, the fire erupted after two of the tyres exploded when the plane was rolling on the runway to…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-One of the buses conveying stranded Nigerians from Khartoum, Sudan, to Port Sudan caught fire in the early hours of Monday, The PUNCH learnt. 26 buses conveying the stranded Nigerians left Al Razi around 12 am on Monday for Port Sudan where they will move into Saudi Arabia. According to the Chairman, Nigerians…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Real Madrid’s iconic stadium, the Santiago Bernabeu, caught fire on Wednesday evening according to Cope. A column of smoke was seen to be emanating from the highest part of the construction, with it later coming to light that a small fire had broken out in the stadium. It’s not known what caused…